Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 12:04:21 -0500 From: Hal Snyder <hal@vailsys.com> To: Mikel Lindsaar <mikel@cynet.net.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Questions re backing up Message-ID: <326CFE95.1149@vailsys.com> References: <199610221611.CAA00701@esimene.cynet.net.au>
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Mikel Lindsaar wrote: > Being fairly new to FreeBSD (and Unix in general) I have now a need to set > up a fairly comprehensive backup regieme. A simple tar to /der/rst0 is no > longer suitable. ... > Now, I know I can go without /tmp and there is no need to backup /proc but > I want to be able to backup the remaining systems to a single tape, with a > rotating tape log (5 tapes over a week) ... > Does anyone out there have a good FAQ they could point me to, or have > suggestions? This sounds like a job for amanda: http://www.cs.umd.edu/projects/amanda/index.html Binaries for amanda ship with recent releases of FreeBSD - check packages.
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